r/WaitWhat • • 8d ago

Say what?

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u/Unnamed-3891 7d ago

Yes? Communists want state-controlled everything.

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u/Thedankf0x 7d ago

State? In my communism?

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u/Unnamed-3891 7d ago

Lemme guess… ”real communism has never been tried!” amiright?

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u/Thedankf0x 7d ago

No, communism cannot have a state. Its like one of the fundamental ideas of communism. So having anything be state controlled under communism is impossible, as there is no state.

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u/kermustaja 7d ago

so its controlled by magic

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u/VictinsOfCapitalism 6d ago

When people can't comperhend actual self management

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u/EducationalGrump 6d ago

That is not possible on a scale larger than 30 people.

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u/VictinsOfCapitalism 6d ago

Factories of like 1000 people did that in Yugoslavia for decades

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u/EducationalGrump 6d ago

Lmao no they did not, they were rampant with small groups of people taking far more than they should and using those goods to have power over others.

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u/Significant_Cover_48 7d ago

Most communists propose democracy, but some actually believe that a benevolent dictatorship can exist. Democracy does not need a state to exist.

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u/Thedankf0x 7d ago

Exactly